BIOL 1902 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Natural history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observational study of living
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plants and animals and their interactions
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background matching - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of camouflage
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where colours and patterns match the environment
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Batesian mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Type of mimicry where
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harmless species appears looks like a harmful one
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- e.g. viceroy butterfly mimicking monarch
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- models > mimics
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- models and mimics must occur at the same time of year
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Disruptive patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Contrasting markings that
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appear to change the shape of the organism bearing them
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- are 'coincident' if markings align
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- E.g. butterflies mimicking milk snake
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,Bicolouration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of background matching
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where the organism is lighter on one side of its body than the other (e.g.
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whirligigs)
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Countershading - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of camouflage where | | | | | | |
areas of the animal's body normally in shadow are coloured lighter than
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the rest (e.g. deer)
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Masquerade - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- matching the environment with
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shape and colour (e.g. angle winged butterfly)
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- Some animals add material (e.g. camouflaged looper)
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- Some animals make material (e.g. spittlebug)
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Startle patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bright markings or eyespots*
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that are revealed suddenly to surprise or distract a predator (e.g. sphinx
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moth)
*Not always used to startle; can make animal appear 'larger'
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Startle structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Structures that are
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'deployed' suddenly to surprise a predator (e.g. swallowtail caterpillar)
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Startle sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Loud noises made by animals to
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scare away predators (e.g. beaver tail slapping water)
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,Distraction structures/patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Tails on
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butterfly wingtips to appear like a fake head (e.g. tailstreak)
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- E.g. bright blue tail of five-lined skink (autonomy)
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Physical defence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Body armour like shells or
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exoskeletons
- Structures like hairs and spines, or structures made by the animal (e.g.
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eastern tent caterpillar)
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Aposematic colouration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-warning colouration
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Sequestering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of an animal taking toxins
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from a plant
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Mullerian mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of mimicry where a
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group of harmful animals all look like one another (e.g. milkweed bugs
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& beetles)
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Bluffing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increasing in size to intimidate (e.g.
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hognose snake) |
Thanatosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-playing dead (e.g. virginia opossum)
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, Group defence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Safety in numbers (e.g. deer
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yards, bird flocks)
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Mobbing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-small birds attacking a larger bird
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Flags - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Advertise an animal's awareness (e.g.
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white tails on deer and eastern cottontails)
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Bull moose ears - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Orient to antlers to capture
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more sound |
- Pivot to scan all directions
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Vibration membranes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- E.g. on thorax of tiger
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moths
- E.g. at base of wings on lacewings
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Internal ears - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Used on some reptiles to sense
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vibrations
- Direction is primarily given through taste imbalance on forked tongue
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Jacobson's organ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used to detect and analyze
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scents
Correct Answers
Natural history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observational study of living
| | | | | | | |
plants and animals and their interactions
| | | | |
background matching - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of camouflage
| | | | | | |
where colours and patterns match the environment
| | | | | |
Batesian mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Type of mimicry where
| | | | | | | | |
harmless species appears looks like a harmful one
| | | | | | | |
- e.g. viceroy butterfly mimicking monarch
| | | | |
- models > mimics
| | |
- models and mimics must occur at the same time of year
| | | | | | | | | | |
Disruptive patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Contrasting markings that
| | | | | | | |
appear to change the shape of the organism bearing them
| | | | | | | | |
- are 'coincident' if markings align
| | | | |
- E.g. butterflies mimicking milk snake
| | | | |
,Bicolouration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of background matching
| | | | | | |
where the organism is lighter on one side of its body than the other (e.g.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
whirligigs)
|
Countershading - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of camouflage where | | | | | | |
areas of the animal's body normally in shadow are coloured lighter than
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the rest (e.g. deer)
| | |
Masquerade - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- matching the environment with
| | | | | | | |
shape and colour (e.g. angle winged butterfly)
| | | | | |
- Some animals add material (e.g. camouflaged looper)
| | | | | | |
- Some animals make material (e.g. spittlebug)
| | | | | |
Startle patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bright markings or eyespots*
| | | | | | | |
that are revealed suddenly to surprise or distract a predator (e.g. sphinx
| | | | | | | | | | | |
moth)
*Not always used to startle; can make animal appear 'larger'
| | | | | | | | |
Startle structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Structures that are
| | | | | |
'deployed' suddenly to surprise a predator (e.g. swallowtail caterpillar)
| | | | | | | | |
Startle sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Loud noises made by animals to
| | | | | | | | | |
scare away predators (e.g. beaver tail slapping water)
| | | | | | |
,Distraction structures/patterns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Tails on
| | | | | | |
butterfly wingtips to appear like a fake head (e.g. tailstreak)
| | | | | | | | |
- E.g. bright blue tail of five-lined skink (autonomy)
| | | | | | | |
Physical defence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Body armour like shells or
| | | | | | | | | |
exoskeletons
- Structures like hairs and spines, or structures made by the animal (e.g.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
eastern tent caterpillar)
| |
Aposematic colouration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-warning colouration
| | | | |
Sequestering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of an animal taking toxins
| | | | | | | |
from a plant
| | |
Mullerian mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of mimicry where a
| | | | | | | | |
group of harmful animals all look like one another (e.g. milkweed bugs
| | | | | | | | | | | |
& beetles)
|
Bluffing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increasing in size to intimidate (e.g.
| | | | | | | | |
hognose snake) |
Thanatosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-playing dead (e.g. virginia opossum)
| | | | | | |
, Group defence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Safety in numbers (e.g. deer
| | | | | | | | |
yards, bird flocks)
| |
Mobbing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-small birds attacking a larger bird
| | | | | | | |
Flags - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Advertise an animal's awareness (e.g.
| | | | | | | |
white tails on deer and eastern cottontails)
| | | | | |
Bull moose ears - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Orient to antlers to capture
| | | | | | | | | | |
more sound |
- Pivot to scan all directions
| | | | |
Vibration membranes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- E.g. on thorax of tiger
| | | | | | | | | |
moths
- E.g. at base of wings on lacewings
| | | | | | |
Internal ears - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Used on some reptiles to sense
| | | | | | | | | | |
vibrations
- Direction is primarily given through taste imbalance on forked tongue
| | | | | | | | | |
Jacobson's organ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used to detect and analyze
| | | | | | | | |
scents
